Action research on marginalization and exclusion often seeks to examine relations between recognition, respect, and inclusion, but addressing these topics is difficult. Theatre-based action research opens up a new way to communicate and make visible knowledge and experiences from below that have difficulties reaching the public agenda or influencing structures of power. In this article we follow the creation of a play and of scenes that address the life, sufferings, and wishes of unemployed people. The skills of actors, writers, and producers are worked into a critical utopian action research project and used to highlight and enlarge both critique and dreams in life outside the labor market. The article also discusses some of the reactions the plays received and the formation of knowledge linked to these processes.

This article reports on findings from a research project on interdisciplinary collaboration between mainstream school teachers and special school teachers. The aim of the research project has been to examine the knowledge of special school teachers and how this knowledge can contribute to the development of an inclusive learning environment in mainstream schools. Not as a simple task of transferring knowledge, but as a process of transforming knowledge through interdisciplinary collaboration and co-teaching. The design of the study is inspired by the notion of participation within action research as a research approach. Thus the thick data generated from reflective activities in the study design is analyzed within a narrative and practice directed strategy of analysis.

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Artiklen vil præsentere, hvordan brugen af teater og drama åbner og skærper forsknings- og udviklingsarbejdet i arbejdslivsforskningen. Udgangspunktet er de erfaringer, vi har gjort gennem en årrække med at inddrage teater og drama i udviklings- og forskningsprojekter på feltet omkring arbejdsliv, marginalisering og arbejdsløshed. Gennem eksempler fra vores aktionsforskningsprojekter vil vi belyse, hvordan teater og iscenesættelser af kritik og utopi har skærpet tabuiserede og marginaliserede temaer og styrket perspektiverne på forskningens rolle som forandringsaktør.

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